workplace-stories

'I’m not a flashy person in the slightest': Boss criticizes employee's personal spending habits, claims it looks bad while company is doing layoffs

Isabella Penn

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Boss cuts productive employee's hours, they quit, boss gets fired due to drop in performance: 'So, I quit'

Brad Dickson

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Forgotten employee at big company has no boss and no work to do, collects nice paycheck for doing nothing: 'I'm riding the wave till its crests'

Ben Weiss

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Boss lies on incident report after workplace incident, blaming employee: 'Should I confront my boss about this?'

Brad Dickson

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20+ eye-opening industry secrets: 'Job requirements are more of a wish-list situation'

Ben Weiss

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'Do I look like I set the prices?': 20+ Customer complaints that retail workers never want to hear again

Remy Millisky

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Builder gets back at Karen celebrity for trying to obstruct their building site: 'I went ahead and called the police'

Brad Dickson

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'You don't leave a company high and dry all at once?!': Boss enforces three months notice after mass quitting, causes more backlash

Ben Weiss

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Boss fires video editor after setting impossible targets, video editor ensures their boss gets fired: 'my manager presented my KPI of 85 3-10 minute videos in 52 weeks which was impossible'

Brad Dickson

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Employee goes out with Karen coworker, Karen makes a scene at the restaurant, then demands to be driven home: 'I've never invited [her] out since'

Ben Weiss

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'You aren't getting your sound cues fast enough? Okay. Run': Prima donna actor gets exactly what he demands, sound designer makes him regret it

Remy Millisky

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Boss wants employee to train their outsourced replacement who will be earning 75% less: '[He] expects me to train her...'

Brad Dickson

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Employee quits, then orchestrates an audit to get former boss fired three years later: 'She couldn't prove that she didn't misuse funds'

Ben Weiss

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Manager demands employee share their calendar, employee deletes it: 'She's either trying to justify firing me, or assigning me other people's work'

Brad Dickson

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'The crew decided to ride [a roller coaster] after hours': 15 Star employees who got fired instantly

Remy Millisky

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'Do you take me for a fool?': Call center workers share their most memorable encounters with entitled Karen customers

Ben Weiss

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